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From: sisu@ux5.lbl.gov (judy stirkkinen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: DesqView/X and SuperVGA supports....
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Date: 7 Jun 91 22:55:20 GMT
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Reply-To: sisu@ux5.lbl.gov (judy stirkkinen)
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In article <cs.676290004@tschil> cs@tschil.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Claus Schiffler) writes:
>Minghsun.Liu@sunbrk.FidoNet.Org (Minghsun Liu) writes:
>
>
>>How about SuperVGA supports in DesqView/X?  Any mention of that by
>>Quarterdeck?  I certainly hope they will somehow find a way to support
>>those higher res modes because running multiple X windows on a standard
>>VGA screen can be quite a pain.
>
>>Minghsun Liu
>><mingliu@athena.mit.edu>
>
>> * Origin: Seaeast - Fidonet<->Usenet Gateway - sunbrk (1:343/15.0)
>
>In the magazine, published by Quaterdeck U.K. and available at the
>CEBIT in Hannover, there is mentioned,
>that DESQview/X is based on the GSS X-Server (they develop PC-Xview).
>(PC-Xview supports all video cards based on the following video controllers:
> ET4000, ET3000, ATI, Paradise, ... in SuperVGA resolution)
>The author of this article also mentioned, that DESQview/X will problably
>support the TIGA interface.
>However, it would be nice to know the definite date, when DESQview/X
>will be available with or without SuperVGA support.

From the betas (alphas?) that I've seen of Desqview/X, no special driver is 
needed  -- you supply it with the SVGA mode number of the mode you wish to 
run under, and it works.  Looks really good, too. I suppose they will HAVE to
supply drivers eventually, since working through the bios would tend to be
slow...